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| sutty68 |
Posted on 29-10-2014 08:48
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| cio93 |
Posted on 29-10-2014 09:15
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sutty68 wrote:
Thats a shame
Honestly, I don't think it is.
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Posted on 29-10-2014 12:57
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cio93 wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Thats a shame
Honestly, I don't think it is.
Yep, another team that can just piss off. If the Danish federation have stopped them, then good on them.
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| Metriz- |
Posted on 29-10-2014 13:06
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cio93 wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Thats a shame
Honestly, I don't think it is.
The way DCU (Danish Cycling Federation) pretty much forced their hand is disgusting.
They've left them out of Post Danmark Rundt two years running with pretty much no sporting reasons. Well they say they didn't do well enough in the selection races, but there are no clear guidelines, and honestly looking at Christina Watches results compared to other danish Continental teams there's abselutely no reason why they're left out.
DCU has also adviced young riders no to join the team, and what can you really do then if you can't get any new riders because your federation has a vendetta against you.
It's all fine we hate Christina Watches because they hire ex-dopers, but a cycling federation has to be professional, the riders have been cleared - you can't treat the differently (Just make livetime bans for doping offenses, it would be so much better). It might also just be Jesper Worre's (Director of DCU, also tested positive for doping) personal hatred of Michael Rasmussen. |
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| Metriz- |
Posted on 29-10-2014 13:12
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CountArach wrote:
cio93 wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Thats a shame
Honestly, I don't think it is.
Yep, another team that can just piss off. If the Danish federation have stopped them, then good on them.
What the fuck are you talking about? It's just not professional, you can't have a federation hindering teams, doing what they can to close them with no trial? They have done their time, if we don't have lifetime bans you can't do anything about a team full of ex-dopers. |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 30-10-2014 15:41
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Matthias Brandle will today attempt the hour record in Aigle, Switzerland, live on Eurosport 
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 30-10-2014 15:43
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? It's a serious attempt, and i expect him to go further than Voigt really. I think, that while a good chance for himself, a large part of this attempt is about gathering data for Cancellara's attempt in the future
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| matt17br |
Posted on 30-10-2014 15:45
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TheManxMissile wrote:
? It's a serious attempt, and i expect him to go further than Voigt really. I think, that while a good chance for himself, a large part of this attempt is about gathering data for Cancellara's attempt in the future
Anyway, it will be exciting, as it will be very close, Voigt's record was expected, now I don't know what to expect, but I think he will succeed.
Spoiler Yes,  , what's wrong with this?
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-10-2014 19:22
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Brändle beat the record. 51.852 km vs Voigt's 51.115.
Clever move to give it a go before a stronger rider puts it a bit harder to reach
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 30-10-2014 21:31
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It's always fun to see records being broken, but I do wish Voigt had held it a little longer.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 30-10-2014 22:27
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cactus-jack wrote:
It's always fun to see records being broken, but I do wish Voigt had held it a little longer.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-10-2014 22:55
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cio93 wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Thats a shame
Honestly, I don't think it is.
I mean't in the loss of another team  |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 30-10-2014 23:10
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Metriz- wrote:
CountArach wrote:
cio93 wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Thats a shame
Honestly, I don't think it is.
Yep, another team that can just piss off. If the Danish federation have stopped them, then good on them.
What the fuck are you talking about? It's just not professional, you can't have a federation hindering teams, doing what they can to close them with no trial? They have done their time, if we don't have lifetime bans you can't do anything about a team full of ex-dopers.
Look Christina, your watches are great but... er.... well, have a snickers, you know how you act when you're hungry.
It really doesn't matter what you think about those teams. The thing is they made it quite clear they weren't going to give the singlest fuck to the doping past of their riders. That is more than enough reason for any sponsor to get away from them. It's just how the system works.
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| Silvio Herklotz |
Posted on 30-10-2014 23:15
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matt17br wrote:
sgdanny wrote:
Which Races was changed to other classes, thanks ?
Trofeo Laigueglia, Vuelta a Burgos and Dubai Tour that I remember, but I'm sure I'm missing somnething, they will all turn into .HC.
I'd like to add Sparkassen Münsterland Giro to that list.
Also: congrats to Brändle for beating the record, but it's a pity Voigte didn't hold it longer.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 31-10-2014 00:00
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cactus-jack wrote:
It's always fun to see records being broken, but I do wish Voigt had held it a little longer.
Perhaps he would have held it longer if he didn't make basic mistakes in his attept.
Brandle with a strong benchmark then, better than i thought he would manage. Next record will be 52.1-52.3km and the Cancellaras/Martins/Wiggins will push it through the 53km barrier
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 31-10-2014 06:41
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Nothing is better indicator of the fact that riders are still heavy doping, then hour records being beaten...
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 31-10-2014 08:39
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Nothing is better indicator of the fact that riders are still heavy doping, then hour records being beaten...
I don't have much insight into this, but from what I understand the aerodynamic advantages these guys have compared to the previous records make it actually predictable and acceptable.
With this I'm not implying that they are clean. But then I'm not sure many of the previous record holders were...
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| Selwink |
Posted on 31-10-2014 10:01
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https://www.nieuws...0_01351957
If anyone would be able to give the names mentioned in the full article, which I can't reach due to not being subscripted, it would be very interesting to see which cyclists are mentioned.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 31-10-2014 10:15
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Gustavovskiy wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Nothing is better indicator of the fact that riders are still heavy doping, then hour records being beaten...
I don't have much insight into this, but from what I understand the aerodynamic advantages these guys have compared to the previous records make it actually predictable and acceptable.
With this I'm not implying that they are clean. But then I'm not sure many of the previous record holders were...
I am not an expert on aerodynamics, but is science so much advanced compared to 2005 (when Sosenka doped to eyeballs set it) to justify beating the record by 2kms?
I dont believe it at all...
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| Selwink |
Posted on 31-10-2014 10:19
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IIRC in 2005 riders had to use the same equipment as used by Merckx in 1972. With the modern bikes Boardman set a record of over 56kph.
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